Hail, Warren
- When
- May 16, 3:11 AM CST
- Where
- Warren County, Indianola
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -93.570
Hail in Iowa, May 16, 1999
Thunderstorms developed in a zone of warm air advection taking place over Iowa. Many of the storms produced marble size hail and gusty winds, however there were few reports of severe weather.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed in a zone of warm air advection taking place over Iowa. Many of the storms produced marble size hail and gusty winds, however there were few reports of severe weather. One storm dropped nickel size hail on the town of Indianola as it passed overhead, causing spotty light damage.
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:11 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Iowa, May 16, 1999
- Tornado in Iowa, May 16, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Iowa, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Tornado in Iowa, May 16, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 16, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, May 16 to 20, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Oklahoma, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Rip Current in California, May 16, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Wisconsin, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, May 16 to 17, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 16, 1999
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, May 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5693358.